Books July 7, 2020 Steven Heller’s latest edition of The Swastika and Symbols of Hate begs the question: if one were truly interested in divesting the symbol of its power, would it not be better to let it fall into the dustbin of history? Sarah Rose Sharp What we've been reading during quarantine... Buy As exterior life shuts temporarily down, Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency is a useful reminder that connection can be intellectual as well as physical. Lily Meyer Buy Focusing on relationships between women, Machado also considers how heterosexual relationships shape and limit our understanding of what constitutes partner abuse. Kate Silzer Buy In The Longing for Less author Kyle Chayka searches for a minimalist mindset that isn’t “obsessing over possessions or the lack thereof but challenging our day-to-day experience of being in the world.” Layla Fassa Buy In Memory, the poet shapes a new visual and textual language that explores the simmering possibilities of consciousness. Marcella Durand Buy Bishakh Som’s Apsara Engine imagines what happens when femmes, as Donna Haraway writes, “make kin, not babies.” Bedatri D. Choudhury Buy To Vincent van Gogh, books were calls to action, lessons in life. Vincent’s Books: Van Gogh and the Writers Who Inspired Him by Mariella Guzzoni tells us in much greater detail about all those books he read, and when and why he did so. Michael Glover Buy Coleman not only embraces her multitudes, but changes effortlessly from one persona and voice to another — things she needed to do in order to survive as a single Black mother raising two children in Los Angeles. John Yau Buy Titled simply Miranda July, Prestel’s excellent new “mid-career retrospective” of the artist highlights July’s enduring interest in the very darkest aspects of human existence. Naomi Polonsky Buy No matter how much one knows about the artist or mycology, John Cage: A Mycological Foray surprises with its ode to continuous wonder. Victoria Nebolsin Your membership supports Hyperallergic's independent journalism and our extensive network of writers around the world. Become a Member Forward this newsletter to a friend! If this email was forwarded to you, click here to subscribe Hyperallergic, 181 N11th St, Ste 302, Brooklyn, NY 11211 This email was sent to newsletter@newslettercollector.com. Manage your preferences to subscribe to our daily or weekly newsletters. Forward Preferences | Unsubscribe |